Becoming American: a Memoir by Cary Lowe
Listed below are articles, stories, and reports that I have published. All are listed in chronological order.
The more recent listings include links to the actual publications or sources. Please peruse the list and read any items which look interesting to you.
“Shotgun Approach to Housing Is A Mess,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 24, 2023
“We Must Reckon with Wildfire Risk,” San Diego Union-Tribune, June 25, 2023
“Time to Admit It Will Always Be Expensive to Live Here,” San Diego Union-Tribune, December 28, 2022
“Scenes in Ukraine Bring Back Terrible Memories,” San Diego Union-Tribune, July 28, 2022
“Pandemic Offers San Diego A Chance To Be Stronger,” San Diego Union Tribune, January 11, 2021
“Recent Protests in Alabama Remind Me of 1968,” San Diego Union Tribune, June 30, 2020
“How COVID-19 Upended the Literary World,” San Diego Union-Tribune, June 14, 2020
“Public Merits Voice on Plans,” (w/ Howard Blackson), San Diego Union-Tribune, November 18, 2018
“Supply Shortage Means Housing Supply for All Unlikely,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 17, 2018
“California Water Policies Ignore Hard Truths,” San Diego Union-Tribune, March 23, 2018
“Why San Diego Should Restore Mission Bay Wetlands,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 10, 2017
“Initiatives Not the Way to Make Planning Decisions,” San Diego Union-Tribune, December 15, 2016
“Refugees Seek to Reach Stability, Opportunity in U.S.,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 21, 2016
“Solving Housing Crisis Key to Economic Growth,” San Diego Union-Tribune, January 1, 2016
“Water Tech Making a Splash,” San Diego Union-Tribune, May 31, 2015
“The End of Water Sprawl,” California Planner, March 2015
“Saving Europe by Looking to U.S.,” U-T San Diego, February 7, 2015
“Partnerships Emerge from Stormwater Permit Fears,” U-T San Diego, July 3, 2014
“San Diego Needs Meaningful Vision from Next Mayor,” U-T San Diego, December 22, 2013
“Every Drop Counts,” U-T San Diego, August 11, 2013
“Preserving the Public Realm” (w/ Michael Stepner), U-T San Diego, April 26, 2013
“A Treasured Gift (San Diego Urban Canyons)” (w/ Eric Bowlby), U-T San Diego, December 23, 2012
“Mediating Conflicts Over the Environment,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 9, 2011
“East Village – The Final Phase of Downtown Redevelopment” (w/ Michael Stepner), San Diego Metro, July 19,2011
“Absolute Zero” (w/ Stephen Doyle), Big Builder, July 2011
“How to Save the Economy, Save Energy,” The Planning Report, October 2010
“Saving the Environment and the Economy,” San Diego Union-Tribune, July 18, 2010
“Solving Development Conflicts” (w/ Michael Jenkins), San Diego Union-Tribune, April 8, 2010
“Rebuilding a Sense of Community,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 9, 2009
“Making San Diego a World-Class City,” (w/ Patricia Butler), San Diego Union-Tribune, May 15, 2009
“Another Fire, Another Lesson Not Learned,” San Diego Union-Tribune, February 15, 2009
“Redefining Growth,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 17, 2008.
“Is Growth Over?” Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2008
“Where Is the Vision for San Diego?” San Diego Union-Tribune, May 16, 2008
“When the Well Goes Dry – Southern California’s Water Crisis,” San Diego Union-Tribune, February 24, 2008
“Risky Business,” Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2008
“Land Use and Global Warming,” San Diego Union-Tribune, December 13, 2007
“The Battle for the Jewel of the County,” San Diego Union-Tribune, July 6, 2007
“California Steamin’,” Los Angeles Times, June 10, 2007
“Development on the Fly,” (w/ William Cipes), Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2007
“California Needs to Rethink Land Use Policy for Affordable Housing” (w/ Patricia Butler), San Diego Union-Tribune, May 23, 2003
“Will Riverside County Show Us How It’s Done? A Smart Growth General Plan” (w/ Dan Silver), The Planning Report, October 1999
“Riverside Experiments With A Smart-Growth Approach,” Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1999 (reprinted in Land Development, Winter 2000)
“Voters to Orange County Government: Drop Dead,” Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1995
“The Legacy of Proposition 13 and its Progeny – Bankruptcy,” Los Angeles Times, December 18, 1994
“CEQA’s Adverse Environmental Impact,” San Bernardino Sun, August 21, 1994
“Prop. 152 and Beyond: Steps to Rescue the Public Schools,” Sacramento Bee, May 29, 1992
“How Everybody Can Win When Reviving Inner City Neighborhoods,” Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1991
“Using Bonds to Pay for Government,” Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1990
“Is Local Government Washed Up?” Sacramento Bee, March 6, 1988
“Financing School Facilities in the Post-Proposition 13 World,” Sacramento Bee, August 5, 1986
“Pension Funds Could Aid State Economy,” Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1982
“Fair Rent Initiative is Unfair to Tenants,” Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1979, with J. Gilderbloom
“Tenants Rights Bill Seeks to Give Renters More Clout,” Sacramento Bee, August 19, 1979
“Rent Control Bill May Be Just a Start,” San Diego Union, July 1, 1979
“Arbitrary Evictions Threaten Many Renters,” Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1979
“Los Angeles Faces Up to Rent-Curb Issue,” Los Angeles Times, January 19, 1979
Saving neighborhoods: Programs for Housing Rehabilitation & Neighborhood Revitalization, California Public Policy Center, Los Angeles, 1978
South African Roulette: Investment Policies of the Board of Regents of the University of California, California Public Policy Center, Los Angeles, 1978
“The Tense Tug-of-War Over Rent Controls,” Los Angeles Times, November 20, 1977, with R. Blumberg
Redlining and Housing Deterioration in Greater Los Angeles, Community Information Project, Los Angeles, 1976